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'I flew home on Friday morning and by the afternoon he had been admitted to hospital.'

After the initial scare, Emily revealed that her father was thankfully recovering well - and credited the 'amazing' doctors with catching the illness early on.

Health scare: Jeremy hit the headlines after doctors diagnosed him with pneumonia in the midst of his summer getaway to the Balearic island of Majorca

Honest: The 23-year-old journalist admitted they were 'lucky' that they spotted the 57-year-old's illness early on, during an appearance on ITV's Lorraine on Friday

'I popped back to be on nursing duty - he's on the mend now,' Emily said, smiling.

'The hospital was amazing, we're so lucky they caught it early and he's going to be alright.'

Emily appeared on Lorraine to promote her book 'Can I Speak To Someone In Charge?' revealing: 'It's a collection of letters. I started a blog because I had all these thoughts.

'I never dreamed it would be a book or this big. That's how it's grown. It has felt very natural. I was screaming for something like this when I was a teenager.'

Emily insisted she didn't want to exploit her dad's fame - but was not 'ashamed' of her surname, despite knowing it would attract trolling. I never advertised my name or dad. he does cars. I have literally never talked about a car in my life,' she said.

Tragic: Emily, who is the former Top Gear host's eldest child, added that the family did not realise just how serious his condition was

Ordeal: Talking about the shocking news, she said: 'It was sort of slow. We didnt realise it was pneumonia

Good news: After the initial scare, Emily revealed that her father was thankfully recovering well - and credited the 'amazing' doctors with catching the illness early on

'I knew it [her book] would attract trolling. Obviously I cant hide the surname, I'm not ashamed. I am who I am. I'm just doing it as me.

'For me, trolling is so normal. It's crazy what people come out with. This book guy was like "do you want a break? This is horrible." '

She also discussed the spotlight on women's bodies and the pressure to be slim and have a 'thigh gap'.

'The pressure is huge. It's hashtag 'body goals'. The thigh gap. If you're not built that way you're not.

'It was the hardest for me to write, looking honestly at my life, which has not been filled with body confidence. But it was important to talk about it.'

Targeted: Emily also insisted she didn't want to exploit her dad's fame - but was not 'ashamed' of her surname, despite knowing it would attract trolling

Defiant: 'Obviously I cant hide the surname, I'm not ashamed. I am who I am. I'm just doing it as me,' she said

Meanwhile, despite his health scare, Jeremy appeared to be bouncing back as he was spotted aboard a luxury yacht in Spain, days after being discharged from a local hospital.

Most notably of all, the 57-year-old Grand Tour host appeared to make it through much of the day without puffing on any cigarettes - a habit he has proudly upheld for several years, despite previous warnings from doctors.

Jeremy fell ill earlier this month while on the Spanish island of Majorca and has opened up about his time in hospital in his Sunday Times column.

He wrote that he had spent 'three nights spent spasming in my bed' before a doctor sent him for tests at the hospital.

Revealing all: She also discussed the spotlight on women's bodies and the pressure to be slim and have a 'thigh gap'

Pressure: 'The pressure is huge. It's hashtag 'body goals'. The thigh gap. If you're not built that way you're not,' she admitted

He was then told he would have to be admitted 'for at least a week', which he called 'impossible'.

The doctor added: 'If you don't do as I say you will die', writes Clarkson.

The TV presenter described his boredom in the hospital as 'so bad I thought often about killing myself'.

He writes: 'I'm sure many of you will have found yourself in hospital, not having planned to be there.

'But for me it was a new experience. And a weird one. Because I was in a room with nothing on the walls except wallpaper, and most of that was coming off.'

Wordsmith: Emily appeared on Lorraine to promote her book 'Can I Speak To Someone In Charge?'

Looking good: She accessorised her outfit with a chain-trim crossbody bag and red tasselled hoop earrings

The outspoken TV personality has now left hospital, but faces two months of recuperation.

He added: 'This is the problem with hospitals. People who stay in them become institutionalised and incapable of speaking about anything other than what nurse brought what drug at what time.

'Boredom turns them into bores. And when they get out, as I have, and there is nothing to do for two whole months apart from get better, things are even worse, because all I can talk about is my illness.'

Family affair: Jeremy has three children - 23-year-old Emily, Katya, 16, and Finlo, 20. Pictured with them and his wife Frances in 2003

Ordeal: Jeremy fell ill earlier this month while on the Spanish island of Majorca and said he spent 'three nights spent spasming in my bed' before a doctor sent him for tests

In December 2014, Jeremy admitted that he had let himself go and put on ‘a lot’ of weight – and that a doctor had branded his fitness level as ‘atrocious’.

The father-of-three has previously painted himself as a man unable to shy away from indulgence.

He has claimed he cannot write his scripts without ample supplies of alcohol, cigarettes and caffeine, adding: ‘The amount you drink when you’re writing, that’s the thing that worries me.’

And in a newspaper column back in 2014, he wrote: ‘I get tired pulling on my socks these days. So, if I want to live much past the end of next weekend [my doctor] says I must give up smoking, drink less, walk more, lose weight.

On the mend: The outspoken TV personality has now left hospital, but faces two months of recuperation